RARE ORIG '68 THE INSECT TRUST '68 MYSTICAL HIPPIE HEAD PSYCH Jefferson Airplane
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ACID UNDERGROUND FROM SAN FRANCISCO 1968
- 1968 RAINBOW CAPITOL FIRST PRESSING
- In 60's Style "UNIPAK" gatefold cover ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- THE INSECT TRUST
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- USA - (rainbow) Capitol - SKAO 109 - Stereophonic.
Final collection copy ( * the main photo shows light and not wear on edge, actual cover is mint
IF somehow found (very rare) will always have cover-wear to the extremely prone-to-wear dark/bright psychedelic cover design; this original unipac gatefold, is by far the best ever seen - no wear final collection artifact value-riser!!
RARE and highly sought collectible 1968 ORIGINAL first pressing on the also sought/collected RAINBOW Capitol label of the sixties ... in a no longer produced styled "uni-pac" gatefold cover.
Really nice electrified acid-folk with a very strong Americana feel to it in the vein of Jefferson Airplane ...or there abouts....if they had been even more experimentally varied.
If nothing else, their musical-instruments line-up should warn one that The Insect Trust was not your run--of-the-mill late 1960s rock and roll outfit.
The group's talent pool consisted of guitarists Bill Barth and Luke Faust, reed players Trevor Koelhler and Robert Palmer and vocalist/keyboard player Nancy Jeffries.
Even though they were one of the era's more eclectic outfits and attracted little notice (and even fewer sales), their out-and-out experimentation had a substantial impact on music and if you're willing to make the investment of time and energy (and a bit of money), getting into their output can be a rewarding experience.
Having previously played in The Solip Singers (with 'Holy Modal Rounder' Pete Stampfel), by 1968 Barth and Jeffries had moved on to form The Insect Trust (the name reportedly inspired by Bill Lebvy's poetry journal The Insect Trust Gazette). In the process they scored a contract with Capitol Records (legend has it , while at a party, hearing a particularly unique snipet of their music on a stereo, Barth told a fellow guest he wasn't blown-away by the segment - the fellow guest happened to be Steve Duboff who had produced it)
Produced by Duboff, the INSECT TRUST's self-titled 1968 only LP offered up an impossible to describe aural selection of influences. With all five members contributing material "The Insect Trust" somehow managed to incorporate influences ranging from 1920s-era anti-war tracks ('World War I Song'), rural rock ('Foggy River Bridge Fly'), psych, jazz, discordant avant garde (the second half of 'The Skin Game'), blues (the blazing 'Special Rider Blues') and what would even pass as a precursor to today's world music genre ('Going Home').
Propelled by Nancy Jeffries' crystalline voice and the band's penchant for wway-out styled unusual instrumentation and bizarre arrangements (often within the same song), to these ears the results were simply fascinating. Personal favorites; the mesmerizing 'Miss Fun City' and the sweet melodic 'Been Here and Gone So Soon'. Clearly too unusual for radio (to say nothing of the rank-and-file pop mainstream), the album instantly vanished from 'in print' availability, and has always been hard to find -even upon first release
IF somehow found will always have cover-wear to the extremely prone-to-wear dark/bright psychedelic cover design; this original unipac gatefold, the best ever seen - no wear final collection artifact value-riser!!
- SIDE A
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The Skin Game - 4:07
Miss Fun City - 5:04
World War I Song - 3:18
Special Rider Blues - 7:45
Foggy River Bridge Fly - 1:07
Been Here and Gone So Soon 3:29
SIDE B
Declaration of Independence - 2:30
Walking On Nails
Brighter Than Day - 2:31
Mountain Song - 2:49
Going Home - 5:10 -
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: major-rare M- in this terrific condition considered a beauty with what any other surviving copies look like 58 years onward (the main photo shows light, not wear on edge, actual cover is mint)...hard to find one, never any better!! The old styled unipak gatefold cover is one of thee most prone-to-wear covers ever! HERE a beauty with consideration to the facts...with strong seams, no bends, no writing and no other problem, including NO delete marks... overall looks museum collection copy
- The vinyl: Rated: M- all glossy & clean both sides; outstanding as very shiny everywhere and plays with enjoyable mint audio... has clean rainbow Capitol labels, exactly as shown
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